Not even four decades of experience as a live performer could keep Bruce Springsteen from making a rookie rock star mistake.
At a concert at Michigan's Auburn Hills Palace, the Boss yelled out "Hello, Ohio!"
He continued to refer to the wrong state several times over the next half hour, until E Street Band guitarist Steven Van Zandt whispered to the singer where they were actually playing.
"That's every frontman's nightmare," Springsteen said to the crowd, before going on with the three-hour concert, which included a complete performance of the Born to Run album.
There has been a rash of geographically challenged rock stars lately. Depeche Mode frontman Dave Gahan reportedly thanked the fans in Chile at a concert about a month ago - though the band was playing in Peru. A rep for the band has denied that he actually said the wrong country.
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